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Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Nov. 24, 2021. Cooler-than-neutral sea surface temperatures at the equator are known to set up a La Nina event. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Weather

Prairie winter weather a sign of La Nina repeat

Full effects won't be seen for a while yet

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MarketsFarm — December marks the start of what meteorologists call “meteorological winter” — and this winter, the Pacific Ocean phenomenon known as La Nina may be rearing its head once again. La Nina (Spanish for “little girl”) is a climate pattern detected over the Pacific every few years where cooler water pools at the equator
Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (second from left) and Nate Horner (right), her Alberta counterpart, during a tour of Olds College’s Smart Farm on Thursday. (Photo: Olds College/Sergei Belski, www.oldscollege.ca)
Livestock, Weather

Alberta looks for feed, Ottawa promises cash for B.C.

Alberta to help with veterinary testing after B.C.'s lab flooded, Alberta ag minister says

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Even though supplies are low because of drought, Alberta is looking for feed to send to B.C. livestock producers, while Ottawa will provide emergency financial assistance to farmers dealing with flooding and closed roads in the hard-hit province. “We’ve been working with the B.C. department of agriculture,” Alberta Agriculture Minister Nate Horner said during a
A grazing horse is receiving benefits well beyond just nutrition.
Livestock

Forage the key to healthy horse diet

Horse Health: Marketing campaigns plant doubts about importance of natural diet

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Horses both need forage and horses need to forage. Both aspects are equally nourishing to the horse and both aspects are necessary to fully satisfy the physical, emotional and mental contentment of the horse. Forage comes without a feed label and receives very little marketing attention when held in comparison to the enterprising sales campaigns that market designer
Flooded roads are seen near Chilliwack, B.C. on Nov. 15, 2021 after rainstorms lashed parts of the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Other, Weather

Severe B.C. rainstorms spur landslides, shut roads

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian helicopters carried out multiple missions on Monday to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their vehicles on a highway after huge rainstorms sparked landslides in British Columbia. The rainstorms that started on Sunday triggered landslides, shut roads, prompted the evacuation of an entire community, forced an oil pipeline to close
Macie Glenn, kept close watch as her mom, Lacey Marshall, led her mount around the third and final barrel in the timed barrel racing event.
Farmit Manitoba

Horsin’ Around gathers young participants

The event, aimed at the youngest of horse enthusiasts, brought together families for fun and learning

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“Life isn’t always candy, cowboy boots, and horses, but should be,” is an old saying that definitely fit the bill at the Kids’ Horsin’ Around Day in early September in Russell. Fun was the theme of the day, attracting youngsters and families who had one thing in common, enjoying the warmth and companionship of a
The sense of smell of a horse is a powerful way for it to gather information about the world around it.
Livestock

The nose knows: the sense of smell in horses

Horse Health: This often-overlooked sensory system is a major contributor to horse well-being

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Despite horses being described as one of the most perceptive of all animals, research on equine sensory abilities is limited and has mainly focused on hearing and vision. Although olfaction, or the sense of smell, has only been studied sparsely, the highly developed and sophisticated anatomy of the olfactory system in the horse with its long nose,
Kirby Gray of Elkhorn came up a little short on a breakaway roping run.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

MHSRA welcoming fifth graders to its membership

Boys and girls in this grade will be able to compete in any of the Junior High (JH) Division events

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A younger age group is joining the youth rodeo family, with fifth graders being admitted for the first time. The National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA), along with its affiliates including Manitoba will be welcoming the younger students to the Junior High Division as the 2021-22 competition dawns.  The change in age was brought forth
Sensitivity to touch, swelling and heat in the area of the withers would clearly indicate a problem with the withers, however, more subtle changes must also be observed.
Livestock

Reading the withers

Horse Health: This complex structure can reveal a lot about a horse’s soundness

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The comfort and health of the horse’s withers is a central key to the horse’s performance and soundness. The withers are defined as the part of the spinal column that lies in between the animal’s shoulder blades and anatomically includes the third to 11th thoracic vertebrae. Collectively these vertebra project upwards into an arch. Their
Hay West (and East) ride again
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Hay West (and East) ride again

A triad of programs are continuing a longtime legacy of farmers aiding farmers

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When the pandemic shut down Victoria’s tourist industry, B.C. farmer Bryce Rashleigh lost the bulk of his hay customers: carriage horses that carted tourists around the coastal city. This summer, as Prairie cattle producers languished in drought, Rashleigh — who farms in Saanichton on Vancouver Island — was near broke and “swimming in round bales.”
In general, research indicates that soybean forage should not make up more than 50 per cent of the total diet.
Forages, News

Drought-stressed soybeans offer forage options

Don’t wait too long to make the decision as feed quality is declining daily

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Although many areas across the region have received much-needed moisture recently, the ongoing drought and lack of forage options for beef producers is still a concern. “One potential forage source is drought-stressed soybeans that can be grazed or harvested for hay or silage,” says Janna Block, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock systems specialist at

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